The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-16

Fire Friday morning destroyed several
business buildings at Addison, N. Y. The
loss will reach $4,000
FIVE story tenement house in New
York City burned Thursday, the 200 oc-
cupants having a narrow escape.
block of buildings was burned al West
Brookfeld, Mass. Loss $4,000.
Fire in the Sebastian Wagon Company's
factory, Now York, destroyed property TO
the amount OF $4,000.
Fire in the building NJ Boston, Mass,
occupied by Wright a. Potter, State print
ers, and dozen other firms caused loss
of nearly 100000.
heavy shock OF earthquake was felt at
Burlington, VI, Sunday afternoon. The
vibrations lasted fifteen seconds. Charles
ton, 3. c., also had an earthquake, Sunday,
but no damage was done in either case.
Albany, n. ", was partly submerged by
water Sunday, through loose ice clogging
Ia the basin.
A freight train on the Fitchburg Rail
road jumped the track near Charlestown,
Mass, Friday night, and striking n switch
house injured -four employees of the road,
who were in the house. One will die.
A house at Connellsvillc, Pa, was
wrecked. and a mother and her two-ye0r
old child badly burned, by the explosion
OF ten pound can OF blasting powder
The child set fire 10 the can while playing
around the stove
All hope OF the missing steamer Car
mona being heard of are now given up, and
her name has been added 10 the long list
of those reported as lost.
Two laborers fell from the seventh story
of new building in New York, and were
killed.
An unknown schooner, with all sails sc
is sunk in ten fathoms OF water OF Nan
tnckot, Mass. There is no trace OF the
crew.
Much damage TO shipping by the recent
storm is reported from the coast Of Maine
and New Brunswick.
While workmen were ercavating for the
walls OF tho Kennedy building at SYRIA
cuse n. ", cave-in occurred, burying
four mon. One man, named Murphy, was
killed.
An explosion OF motion steel in the
Edgar Thomson steel works az Braddock,
Pa, terribly burned seven persons. The
lives Of two OF the victims are despaired
ps.
Police Officer j. NJ Moore, of Baltimore,
Md, was shot four times by Martin Gund-
lack, n cab driver, and will probably die.
At Pittsburgh, Pa, Robert weltz, lad
sixteen years OF age, died from being
/ beaten over the head with loaded cane
by Cal O'Harvoy, a boy OF tho same age.
They had quarrelled over girl.
Charles Greene was shot az jamestown
n. ", by A. r.. Catlin rs he was breaking
into Mr.. Catiin's house.
A barber named r. j. Flath surrendered
himself AZ Brooklyn, alleging that he was
the murderer OF the girl nc Railway, n. J.
Policemen Jones, of Pittsburgh, who
killed his wife recently, has been convicted
OF manslhughter.
Railway officials East generally express
the opinion that the temporary suspen.
sion OF tho long and short haul clause by the
Interstate Commission In the entering
wedge that win split the whole log. They
argue that every railroad In the country
ran Justly make the same claim as that
couteudod for by the southern lines.
From dispatches from ST. Johns New
Brunswick, Il Is learned, that an American
fishing vessel was chased by an English
fishery cruiser, for coming within tn,
three mile limit for bait. The cruiser
nrcd blank shot Mt her but she got away
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